Musician Sixto Rodriguez has handed away on the age of 81.
The singer-songwriter, the topic of the 2012 documentary Looking for Sugar Man, died on Tuesday. A reason for loss of life has not been disclosed.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has handed away earlier at present,” learn an announcement on his web site. “We lengthen our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters – Sandra, Eva and Regan – and to all his household. Rodriguez was 81 years previous. Might His Expensive Soul Relaxation In Peace.”
The Detroit-born musician, recognized professionally as Rodriguez, launched his profession in 1967. He launched two albums, Coming from Actuality and Chilly Truth, which featured the track Sugar Man, within the early Seventies however they have been unsuccessful in his native U.S. and he was dropped from his label.
Nonetheless, his music grew to become massively in style abroad, significantly in South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
The 2012 documentary, Looking for Sugar Man, adopted two South African followers who tried to trace down Rodriguez within the Nineteen Nineties. It gained the Academy Award for Finest Documentary Function on the 2013 Oscars.
Rodriguez skilled a profession resurgence after the movie’s launch and went again on tour. He additionally made TV appearances, reissued his albums, and launched compilation data.
He’s survived by his three daughters.
